Before you buy Minoxidil,
you should understand why you are Losing your Hair

Generic Minoxidil for Men (2% or 5%) or Women (2%
only)
Kirkland Minoxidil for Men (2% or 5%) or Women (2%
only)

How does hair loss happen?

There is an enzyme in the body
called 5-Alpha-Reductase (5AR), which converts the hormone
Testosterone into another hormone - Di-Hydro-Testosterone
(DHT). The DHT is produced internally inside
the body and also topically on the scalp.

( DHT which is formed inside the body is produced from
the 5AR enzyme - Type 2. The DHT that is formed
topically on the scalp is converted from the 5AR
enzyme - Type 1. )

This DHT finds its way to the scalp hair follicles and
then plugs into specific points inside the hair
follicles, called Androgen Receptor Sites.

Once there, the DHT causes a change in the growth pattern of the hair
follicles, so that they start to grow smaller. The
result is that the hair strands inside those affected
hair follicles
also grow smaller, thinner and weaker. Sometimes those
hairs also grow
lighter in color. At the same time, the blood vessels
leading to the roots of
those hair follicles also tend to shrink in size.

Normal Hair Growth

Scalp hair typically grows for a
period of two to five years at a rate of approximately
one half inch per month. After a ninety day resting
cycle new hair replaces the old one which has been
shed. In people who are experiencing pattern hair loss,
there is
a change in the cycle of hair growth. Growing cycles become shorter and resting
cycles become more frequent. A negative change
in the caliber of the hair may also be indicative that
one is experiencing the effects of male or female
pattern hair loss.

Hair Growth Stages

Growth
Stage (Anagen)
Normal healthy hairs grow at the rate of about 1/2
inch per month, but vary by individual. A healthy hair
follicle produces a strong, thick, colored hair. The
hair follicles grow the hair for a period of 2 to 6
years in increase in diameter during this phase. In a
normal scalp, about 90% of the hairs are in this stage
at any given time. Some follicles produce thick
colored hairs, called terminal hairs and other
follicles produce short, thin, non-colored hairs,
called vellus hairs.

Transition Stage (Catagen)
After the growing stage, the hair goes into a short
transitional stage, which typically lasts about two to
three weeks. Typically less than 1% of your hair is in
this stage at any given time.

Resting Stage (Telogen)
Next the hair follicles enter a period of rest for
approximately three months. After that time, the
follicles lose their old hairs and resume the growing
stage of producing new hairs. About 10% of your hairs
are in the resting stage at any given time.

Most individuals lose between 40 and 100 hairs per
day. This is a very small amount of hairs, considering
that the average head of hair has approximately
100,000 individual shafts of hair.

Normally, as the hair goes through these three stages,
the follicles tend to return to the same length and
width during the growing phase. As a result, they
generally produce the same length and width hair
shafts.

All hairs cycle through these three stages repeatedly.
The length and thickness of each hair shaft is
determined by how long the hair itself is allowed to
grow in the follicle before entering into the resting
/ shedding stage. Consequently, pattern hair loss is
actually a gradual conversion of thick terminal hairs
to thin vellus-like hairs.

Why am I losing my hair?

Due to the continued
ever-increasing effects of DHT in the scalp hair
follicles, the Growth Stage is getting shorter, while
the Resting Stage is getting longer.

Consider an analogy of leaves on a tree. Picture a
situation where the Winter or Resting Stage gets
longer and longer, while the Spring or Growing Stage
gets shorter and shorter. This is what happens when
you are in the process of losing your hair.

This pattern of male or female hairloss generally
occurs over a period of several years to many years.
All the time, DHT continues to be produced inside the
body and topically on the scalp, and then lock inside more hair follicles in the
scalp. Eventually the hairs may simply not grow back at
all and they just fall out. So by the time that you
notice an area of baldness on your scalp, it means
that this pattern hairloss progression has been
happening already for many months or possibly several
years.

The more that DHT accumulates and locks inside the
scalp hair follicles, the more the hairloss occurs and the
faster it occurs. Once DHT locks inside the hair
follicles, it cannot be removed. So you have to stop
it, that is, block the DHT, before it gets to the hair
follicles.

Does Minoxidil really work to stop my Hair Loss?

Minoxidil does not contain ingredients which block DHT
from getting into your hair follicles. Actually it was
developed many years ago to treat high blood pressure.
It was discovered that some individuals using the drug
had a temporary or slight decrease in hair thinning or
hair loss. So it was put into a liquid form that could
be used externally right on the scalp and
marketed as Rogaine.

So when
applied topically to your scalp, Minoxidil is simply designed to dilate
the blood vessels in the hair follicles that are
growing smaller, with the idea that more nutrients
might be able to get to those hair follicles to help
keep them alive. However, it is essentially not
blocking DHT and consequently, more and more DHT still gets
inside the hair follicles, which increases the hair
thinning and hair loss process.

Overall, according to the FDA, Minoxidil is actually
not very effective: FDA
Drug Facts for MinoxidilFor
Men: 26% (about 1 out of 4 users get some benefit)For
Women: 19% (less than 1 out of 5 users get some
benefit)

Average
Cost for a 12 Month Supply of Minoxidil - $220

Generic Minoxidil is also limited in how
it can help your hair loss,
because Minoxidil is not designed for Frontal Baldness or
a Receding hair line. See the hair loss diagrams
below.

What are the Side Effects of using
Minoxidil?
Here is a partial list of various negative side
effects that you may experience when using Minoxidil:

rapid heart beat

chest pain

faintness (light-headedness)

dizziness

sudden unexplained weight gain

water retention

swelling in the hands or feet

scalp irritation or redness

unwanted facial hair growth (especially in women)

Minoxidil can leave the scalp and hair oily and greasy

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On What Parts of the Scalp Hair Does
Rogaine® (Rogain) or Minoxidil Work?

Drug Facts
about Rogaine Minoxidil
This is the back of a box of Men's
Rogaine® Extra Strength Minoxidil
(some statements have been boxed in green to highlight them)

(from the side panel of a box of Rogaine®)

According to the statement above by Rogaine®
(Rogain),
if you have thinning hair or pattern hair loss
which is
already more advanced than the what is shown in
the photos above, or if you have
hairloss which is outside
the range or Vertex shown in the
pictures above,
Rogaine®
(Rogain) or Minoxidil may not work for
you at all.

Top Crown or
Vertex area:
The side panel on a box of Men's
Rogaine® Extra Strength Minoxidil
shows that Rogaine® (Rogain)or
Minoxidil is limited
to working on the top crown - vertex area of the scalp only: the area inside the white boxes in the photos above.

In comparison, Hair Genesis is not limited and does work
effectively on all areas of the scalp, including the Top Crown or
Vertex.
See these hair growth photos
for an example.

Frontal
baldness and receding hairline area:
The side panel on a box of Men's
Rogaine® Extra Strength Minoxidil also specifically states that Rogaine®
(Rogain) or Minoxidil is not intended for frontal baldness or
a receding hairline, but rather "Use to regrow
hair on the top of the scalp - vertex only."

In comparison, Hair Genesis does work effectively on Frontal
Baldness or a Receding Hair Line. See these photos
of twins for an example.

Back area
baldness:
Rogaine® (Rogain)or Minoxidil
is not intended to work on the back portion of the scalp
either, the area around and below the vertex (outside the white boxes in the pictures
above).

In comparison, Hair Genesis does work effectively on the back portion of
the scalp. See these hair growth
photos for an example.

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